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Politics Unpacked

Live: May, Trump, Putin and Kanye

Politics Unpacked

Anna Covell

News & Politics, Politics, News

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2018

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Recorded live at the Cheltenham Literature Festival, Matt Chorley hosts a special episode as Iain Martin, Lucy Fisher, Jenni Russell and Bruno Waterfield, argue over the big (and not so big) political issues of the day. 


Including: the Brussels view of brexit, the USA's abdication as "world police", how should the west fight back against Russia? And what is a Kayne West?



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0:48.8

Hello and welcome to this special edition of the Red Box Politics Podcast and The Times recorded

0:56.9

live at the Cheltenham Literature Festival. What a warm welcome boarding on sarcastic towards the end.

1:12.4

I'm Matt Surely, welcome everybody. A quick reminder, the

1:15.6

red box morning newsletter is now available exclusively to Times subscribers. We

1:19.7

currently have a sale on, so if you're not yet a a subscriber you can get our special offer go to

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the Times dot kowduk.

1:25.2

forward slash red box right down to business this is what we call a normal episode of

1:29.8

the podcast with the cream of the time supporting and comment teams. We just happen to have a

1:35.0

couple of hundred people listening in. Lucy Fisher, the Times Defence Correspondent,

1:39.4

will ask what can be done about Russia. Jenny Russell laments America's abandonment at the

1:44.2

liberal world order and as more celebrities turn political, Ian Martin asks

1:48.8

what is a canyay West? first, our occasional ban on talking about the B word is going to be lifted.

1:56.7

The Times Brussels correspondent Bruno Waterfield on Brexit, looking at how Brussels sees Britain and vice versa.

2:03.6

So first of all the Brussels view.

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